In-corner retainer strip



Dec. 13, 1927; 1,652,282

P. H. LAcEY V INCORNER RETAINER STRIP @Ziff/(wey,

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`Patenteil Dec. 13,1927.j

4 g i 1,652,282 'i PAUL H. LACEY, vor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

Inconnue RETAINER STRIP.

Application filed April 18, 19537. Serial No. 1845485.

This invention 'relates to incorner" retainer strips audits principalI object is to"A provide a strip of novel forni for use in connection with the incornersof baseV boardy construction, the incorner' ofplastered walls and other situations where a stripof thistype Itis' connnon to providea race way' behind the base boards'of rooms for containingelcc'- i oY ybase boards in placeatY the saine time.

tric wires, cables and the-like, and much inconvenience' and annoyance is encountered in holding' the wires in place'atthe incorners ofthe rooin beforethe. base boardshavc been put in place.` The wires have a ten'- dency to fall forward out of the' race way at the incorners and'often it requires much time andpatience for the .vorkinen' to'liold the wires in'place at an incorner and put the i l Uii' ally base boards must be niitredV at the cor` ners ot the'rooin, Ywhich takes time and ,great skill to inake a neat andy finished `iob.v llasterers find great difiiculty vin making neat 4jobs ot the incorners, of; the room. lT-/vithftheluse ofthe incorner; retainer strip, forming the subject matter of this specihcation, lthe di'liiculties usuallypresent inthe situations mentioned, as wellfa's in .other situations are kentirely eliininatet, and the usual difficult' tasksY mentioned arek made simple and less timeand skill isrequired than her'etoforeto obtain theinostefiicient results. '1

` The inventionconsistsv iny an vincorner retainer strip, having side webs 'or flanges adapted toibenailed, screwed or otherwise secured to walls or other supportsandfhaving means for -kretaining an unwielding article or object in place` and aifordinga finishing edge for the wall triin atan inc'orner. The invention further consists in thel several novel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing', in which :V

Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofthe incorner retainer strip, showing its` application to an incorncr of a rooin atand adjacent the base board construction; F 2 is a perspective view similaito 1 but showing the base boards removed and Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section through the base boa-rd 'construction seen 'in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to said drawing, which illustrates a simple embodiment of the invention, `i reference characters 5, 5 designe.te frag-k constructions where a.V race way is eininents of two walls ofra room which form an incorner thereof, and 6 deslgnatesa fragment ofthe floor at said incorner. In

ployed for containing. electric wires, cables or the like 8, spaced upper andiowei-,groun'd ystrips 9,10, areemployed,whichV are nailed or otherwise secured to the/walls 5 to pro vide the space between them: for the race way 7. The wallsY are usually lplastered above the. upper groundV strips asjat. l2. In certain base board constructions a grooved shoe 13 isusedin front of keach lower ground strip` andy the base boards 14 extend from said Vshoes to the plaster andA cover the open fronts of the race ways. In Ysituations'where grooved shoes are used the base boardsV are formedv with tongues on their lower edges that enter they grooves of kthe shoes.v `*The base boards are secured to the upper' ground strips by sf'zrewsV or` nails 15 Vas usual., It will beV observed that without the use of'v an incorner retainerstirip. att'he incorner, the

electric wires are very likely to `fall forward at the incorner fw'heny ,the base` b'oardsf are not in place,A ,which makes' it exceedingly diflicult to` puttlie hase boards in place without doing' serious injury tothe insulation of theelectric wires.' V

ToV overcoi'ne this difficulty I' provide an incorner retainer strip 16'2'at saidA corner i and secure it tothe upper andlflower ground strips' by screws, nails or thelikel?, thereby providing a` retaining member in front of the race way at theincorner, which, effectively holds the wires in the rac'eway atthe' cor-v ner and prevents thern from falling forward; As sli'own the incorner retainer stripv is formed of thin material such as metal, fibre or other composition, and contains two side .webs or flanges 18 usually extendingr at right angles to each other and provided with screw holes through which the screws 17 are inserted. From the side webs or flanges 18 extend end webs or flanges 19, which stand at right angles to theside webs or flanges 18 and project into the angle formed by two side webs or flanges 18. The end webs or flanges 19 usually forni a rightangle and join kwith each other at thecorner 20, and as lapreferance saidV corner 2O is in the form of a narrow bead or rib although not necessarily so, but the beaded `form lrives a rmore attractive finish to the strip and provides yan overhanging edge portion for temporarily retaining the base boards in place before .halnofing the ende ot' the base boiude.

they the eerewed or nailed to the upper ground strips. The endel ot the base boards are eut square and plaeed against the end webs lt), with the headed corner 2O orer- It desired, the upper end o't` the imforner retainer :strip may be given a tinished alniearanro hy supplying it with an ormunental top memA ber 21 secured `to the strip in any desirable manner. i l

It will be observed that with base boards removed, the electric Wires may he laid in the race Way and paused behind the incorner retainer strips Where they will be ell'eetively held .from falling for 'ard out ot the race Way and for this reason they` do not interfere with the Work of putting the hase boards inplace and fastening; them to the ground strips. Furthermore because ol' the beaded corner portion :2O ot the ineorner retainer strip it is unneeeeeary to mitre the ends ot the base hoardsat the ineorner ends thereof, but a. rery attractive and liniehed appearance is given to said bafe boards at the incorner by the beaded edge or the incorner retainer strip.

The ineorner retainer strip may also be used Witlrgreat advantage at` the inoornere ot the plastered walls above the base pon tion as is clearly shown in Fig. l, ae the end Webs or flanges 19 of the strips serre as `guides 'for the plaeterers in Plastering' the walls at the ineornered portion. When used in connection Vwith the plastered Walle the side webs or flangee of the incarner retainer strips are secured to the main Walle by nails or otherwise. It will be observed that with the present ineorner retainer' strip, the usual ditlieult tasli o'tlorining a neat ineorner is made simple and does not require the high grade ot' eliill usually required ot' Workmen in doing a `neat job at the ineorners oit rooms.

lvhile I hare shown the invention applied to the base board construction and plastered alle ot the ineorners oit rooms it is to be understood that the device is useful in many other situations and 'tor this rea son 1 do not desire to limit myself tosuch y secured to ground etripsot a hase boarijl` construction at the ineorner ot' a room and having end Webs bent up therefrom and eXF tending; entirely at right angles to the side Webs and `entering the angle formed thereby, the adjacent, edges ot said end Webs being unitcdjby a head like corner, eaeh side web, end web and the bead like corner forming a groote ot a width equal to the thieknees ot a base board and adapted to receive the end thereot.

As a new article 0l: manufacture, an incorner retainer etrip `formed with angularly dieposed side webs adaptedto be cured to the upper and lower ground strips or' base board Constructions and having' bent up end Webs extending entirely at right ann gies to the side Webs and enteringl the angle vl'orined by said eide Webs, said end Webs be` ine; of the saine Width as the thickness ot the base boards and united by a bead like oorner portion adapted to overhang `the ends of base boards seeured on said ground stripe.

3. The combination with angularly dieposed upper and lower ground strips and removable base boards forming therewith a race way, oit ineorner retainerwstrips secured to said ground strips at-the ineorner formed thereby and adapted to retain tlexi ble members in said race way at the incorner thereof.

PAUL H. LACEY., 

